Carrier-wave communicating system



Feb. 23, 1926.

. S. B. WILUAMS. JR

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Feb. 23 1926.

S. B. WILLIAMS JR CARRIER WAVE COMMUNICAT'ING SYSTEM Filed June 2o, 1522 '7 Sheets-Sheet 4 Jam/,le/ 5. Wf//l'a/WS J/t by 6.1/ AWV Fa.r 23 192e. 1,573,959

S. B. WILLIAMS` JR CARRIER WAVE GOMMUNICATING SYSTEM Feb. 23 1926. l 1,573,959 s. B. WILLIAMS, JR

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S. B. WILLIAMS, JR

CARRIER WAVE COMMUNICATING SYSTEM Filed June 20, 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Sia/far? Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

unirse STATES PATENT ovarica.

'SAMUELB WILLIAMS, JRWOF BROOKLYN, NEW`YORK, ASSIGNOR'TO WESTEBNELEC- TRIO COMPANY, INZQORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, T. fY., A CORPORATION OFJNEW YORK.

CARRIER-NAVE lCi()MMU'NICA'lING- SYSTEM.

Application filed June 20, 1922. Serial No. 569,584.

To `all whom t may concern.'

Be .it known that L SAMUEL B. VILLIAMs, Jr., .a citizen of the United States; residing at ,Brooklyinin the county ofKings, State of New York; have invented `,certain new and useful Improvements in Carrieieldave Comnunicating Systems, of which the following isa full7 clear; concise, and exact description. Y This invention relates to an improved communicating system, and more particularly to a-.comniunicating system of the type in p which carrier Waves or oscillations; either free or guided, .are employedaas the medium for .conveying energy for effecting the opera- 'tion :andcontrol of electric signaling, controlling and communicating apparatus located at separated points in the system. 'The invention especially relates to .a system in which carrier currents, in the form of high frequency Waves guided upon Wires, are used as the medium of electrical connection between the electrical devices .and apparatuses `located at differentpoints in the system. These carrier currents .are assigned such Jfrequencies that theyv ,are noirinterfering with one another, so that each carrier Wave serves as afconnecting medium separate and distinct from the other carriers superposed upon the line or conductor vover which the carriers are transmitted. Each of the carrier waves is modulated in accordance with the voice currents or other signaling or controlling currents that are to be carried. The carriers thus modulated lare transmitted over the toll or long distance line ,and are passed through individual receiving arrangements each of which is selective of one carrier frequency to the exclusion of the others, and each Vof which serves to reproduce from the niiodulated carrier Wave the voice or signal Vcurrents With `which .the carrier tvave Was n'iodulated at the distant station.

necessary to give each station accessfor calling and communicating purposes to as many of the high frequency channels thus superposed upon the toll line as may be assigned for the use of each particular station. Each station is provided with means whereby it may selectively call any of the other stationsand may establish conversational connection With the called station through the medium of any one of the high frequency channels that is at the time available for use between the calling and called stations.

Among the objects of the present invention is to organize a high frequency carrier system of this type which shall affordr to each station of the toll line such facilities for co1nmunicating with each other station as the tratlic `conditions between the stations may require; to provide an organization in Which the condition of use or disuso of the channels is constantly indicated by audible as Well `as visible signals to the operators at all of the toll stations that have access to cach particular channel; in which access to any channel that is in use is positively prevented at all terminals excepting those terminals through which the connection over the channel is to be extended; in which simultaneous connection with any channel by Way of two or more of the plurality of connection terminals with which the chanll nel is provided at each station is automatically prevented; in which each channel is providedat each station With as many outgoing connection `terminals as there are distant stations that are accessible by Way of that channel; in Which the selective signaling of the desired distant station is effected by the mere act of making connection with the connection terminal corresponding with the desired distant station; in which the selective signaling of the desired distant station and the guarding against access by all associated channel terminals excepting the answering terminal at the distant station are accomplished through the medium of modu lating frequencies preferably Within the voice frequency range; applied to the carrier frequency of the communicating channel that 1s used; in which the apparatus responsive to the station selecting modulations is made unresponsive or ineffective during the modulation of the carrier Wave by the voice frcquencies; in which the apparatus for producing the station selecting modulating frequencies is common to each stationand is automatically brought into temporary association with the particular communicating channel over which a call for another station is originated; and in which means are provided for preventing the station selecting modulating frequency from being as-' sociated with more than one of the communicating channels at a time.

The foregoing and other features are disclosed as vco-operating in one and the same system inthe present embodiment of tliezinvention; but they are capable of separatense where it may be desirable for any reason to employonly part of the features that are presented herein. ln addition the system of the invention in the preferred form in which it is herein disclosed embodies other features that have not beerL particularly referred to in the foregoing gene-ral statement. The

. various features of the vinvention and the manner in which they are realized will be explained in the following description, and the vstructures and combinations through which the objects of the invention are attained will be more particularly defined in the appended claims.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the acompanying drawings, in which Figs. lto 6inclusive, ar-

, ranged as indicated in Fig. S, show diagra1n' matieally as much of the circuit organization at one toll station of the system as 1s necessary to enable the invention to be underfor such modifications as are indicated by the different arrangement of the connection terminals at the various stations, and ef;- cepting for certain differences, which will be fully explained hereinafter, with respect to the location of a harmonic producer at one of the stations and a harmonicreproducer at each of the other stations.

Referring first to Fig. 7, this illustrates 4schematically a toll line, which may be understood to be ofthe ordinary metallic circuit type, over which interconnection may be had between the four toll stations A, B, C and D. Each of the four stations is connected with Vthe toll line through the medium -of four groupsof apparatus respectively selective of the four high frequency or carrier waves that are used for non-interfering com- 'each channel there is connection at each of the four stations with a terminal for calls incoming to that station over that channel. The lower row of four circles at each station designated lncoming7 designate the four incoming or answering terminals of the four channels. Above the incoming terminals at each station are three rows of circlesindieating the terminals for outgoing connections over the various channels from each station to each other station. Thus at station A there is provision for outgoing calls to station B over channels l and 2, -to station C over channels l and 3, and to station D over channels l and 4. it station B there is provision for outgoing calls to stationy fr over channels 1 and 2, to station C over channels 2 and 3, and to station D over 'channels 2 and 4. At station C there is over channels l and 3, to station B eter channels 2 and 8, and to station l) over channels 3 and 4. At station D there is.

provision for outgoing calls to each of the other stations A, B and C over all four channels. Thus the use of the channels between the varous stations is limited or restricted in accordance with the expected trafiic between the stations. Cf course, the provision or omission of terminals for the various channels at the different stations may be in any way desired to accommodate the conditions of traffic between the stations, the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 being merely exemplary. The apparatus that is schematically indicated in Fie.` 'l' by the various symbols will be particularly identilied in connection with the description of the detail circuit drawings that follow.

Referring now to the preferred circuit organization as4 illustrated in Figs. l to 6 of the drawing, only as much of the wiring at a single one of the stations of the toll line (in the present case, station A) is illustratcd as is necessary to enable the invention to be understood;l it being .possible for one skilled in the art to which this invention pertains, by mere'adaptation, duplication and extension of the wiring and apparatus illustrated, and without the exercise of invention, to organize a system of such capacity with respect to number of stationsand provision or limitation of service, as may be desired. As illustrated in the circuit diagram of Figs. l to 6, each one of the toll stations or toll points is connected with the toll line L through the medium of a twoway repeating or hybrid coil 80, this coil having one end of its line windings connected with the toll line and the other end connected with an artificial line or balancing network N that is constructed and arlil!) I rtoll lineavith which connection is made.

l respectively.

Extending Yfrom the bridge and series Wind- Y ings of the hybrid coil are tivo pairs of conductors, T and R, the pair T serving' as the transmitting path to the toll line of 'the locally generated currents, and the pairR serving as the receiving path from the -toll line of the currents generatediat and transmitt-ed from the other stations of the line. rllhe transmitting and receiving paths each have connection With the local apparatus of the four conm'iunicating channels CM1, C 2, C-S and C-l. At each of the toll lstations there is also a connection of either the transmittingpath T or the receiving path R with the base frequency channel BC. T he connection ofthe transmitting path T is With the transmitting branches TBC, rl`C--1, 'TC-2, TC-S and TC-fl of the various channels respectively; and the connection of the receiving path R at each station is With the receiving branches RBC, BiC-1, RC-Q, BVC-3 and RC-l of the various channels i The transmitting branch apparatus of the base frequency channel BC is provided at only one of the toll stations. At the other three stations the transmitting branch apparatus of this channel is omittef and the apparatus indicated in connection with the receiving` branch RBC is provided in its stead. At the station Where the transmitting branch apparatus of the base fre the transmitting' and receiving branches of the various channelswill be described hereinafter. As a general description of the organization, it may be said that the transmitting branch of the'base frequency channel BC is so organized as to distort in the harmonic producer HPH a base frequency generated in the oscillator OPH. The hase frequency and its harmonics are conducted to a distributing` circuit comprising conductors 17, a8, from which the base frequency is separated out and applied to the transmitting' path T by Way of the branch TBC-while the harmonies are selectively passed to the transmitting apparatus of the conm'iunicating channels C-1, C-Q, C-B and C-t tc supply the carrier frequencies for conveying the speech and signaling mod ulations over the respective channels.

The apparatus in the receiving branch RBC of the base frequency channel BC is so organized that the base frequency received from thev particular one of the` four -toll stations Where the base freruenc nroducing apparatus is located, is separated out from the other carrier frequencies passing over the receiving path R, is amplified, passed through a harmonic reproducer l-llll, and the harmonics of the hase frequency thus produced are supplied to the distributing conductors l?, 48 to supply the carrier frequencies required by the comnuinicating channels C-1, CH2, C--l and C-sl of the assoc'ated station.

The organization of each of the communieating channels C-1, CM2, C-B and C-l is such that the voice currents received from the local telephone circuit by Way of the talking conductors 103 and 10aare passed through the hyhrid coil lfl, caused to mod ulate the amplified carrier frequency received from the distributing' conductors l?, 4:8 and the modulated carrier frequency conducted to the transmit-ting path T. The organiza tion of each of the communical-ing` channels is also such that the characteristic carrier frequency to which the channel is adapted to respond is separated out from the other frequencies passing over the receiving' path ll, and the voice or signal-modulated coinponcnt 4is conveyed by u'ay of the hybrid coil 161 to the local talking conductors 108 and 16%, or by Way of the tuned circuits and rcctificrs to the relays 178 and 1.7i), depending upon the energized or inert condition of the relay 11G; While the high frequency com ponents are diverted and caused to operate the relay 19. rlhe relays 1753 and 1.7!) act through the medium of relays 171 and 1TH, respectively, to effect the selection of 'the elated station when the carrier is modulated With the partcula' station-selecting frcquency to Which the station apparatus is responsive, and to render inoperative the station selective apparatus when it is another one of the stations that is being called The relay 1D participates, through the medium of relay 155, in controlling the guardiircl and busy signaling' operations incident to the use of the. associated channel.

The louv frequency u'avcs that are used to modulate the comuiunicating carrier Waves for station selecting purposes are generated in an oscillator fl() having a number of tuningl branches, under the control of relays 20, 22, :'23 and 24|- for thc purpose of varying the frequency of the oscillations. These oscillations amplified by means of the amplifier SA, are supplied to conductors (i6, (i7 from which branches, under the control of relays, as lfS-t, extend to the transmitting brauch modulator circuits of the various channels. The station selecting oscillator may be common, not only to the different channelsof a single toll line shoivn, but may also have its current supply conductors GG, GT, extended for the common use of all of the carrier multiplex toll lines of the exchange. rlhe channels that are served in common by the station Iselecting oscillator SO have access to the oscillator through the medium or an extended starter wire circuit including the conductorsGO, 61 and 62 and relays 175 and 176 tor each of the channels that is connected with the starter wire circuit. The relationship is such, as willl subsequently be explained, that only one channel at a time is enabled to be placed in operative relation with the station selecting oscillator.' lt may be mentioned that there are two other common conductors 63 and 60 under the control of certain relays associated with the cir lcuits ot oscillator SO, which conductors serve the function of controlling devices associatedwith each channel for regulating the energy o'l the channel in such a way as to compensate for varying distance or energy attenuation between the stations that are to be connected.

The length of time that a calling channel has the use or" the common station selecting oscillator circuit is controlled by a common timing circuit including relays 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55, that are set in ope-ration through the medium of the common starter wire circuit at the instant this circuit operates to give the particular channel that is calling the exclusive use of the common station sclecting oscillator.

Each of the communicating channels @-1, @-2, @-3, and @-lhas associated with it a number ot controlling and responsive elements in addition to those that have already' been mentioned. rFliese elements, which will be fully described hereinatter, are diagrannnatically indicated in Yfull with respect to channel @-1, but in the case of the other channels @-2, @-3 and @-41 the detailed showings have been omitted, and it has been deemed suiiicient merely to indicate the connection which would be extended from various circuits to these channels. Each of the communicating channels has branches extending` to a plurality of connection terminals located upon the toll board and adapted for use by the toll operator or operators in extending incoming and outgoing calls. @hannel @-1 has tour normally disconnected extensions or branches at the station shown in the detail drawings. @ne of these branches extends to the answering spring jack 110 with which is associated thc calling lamp 111, while the other three branches extend to the outgoing spring jacks 120, 130 and 1110 with each of which is associated a busy lamp 121, 131 and 1421, respectively. @hannel @-2 at this station has two normally disconnected branches or extensions, one of which terminates upon 'answering spring jack 210 with whicn is associated a calling lamp 211, while the other branch terminates upon outgoing spring jack 240 with which is associated the busy lamp 241. @hannel @-3 has a branch extending to answering spring jack 310 with associated calling lamp 311, and a branch extending to outgoing springfjack 330 with an associated busy lamp 331. @hannel @-1 has a branch extending to answering spring jack 110 with associated calling lamp i111, and a branch extending to outgoing spring jack 420 with an associated busy lamp 421. As indicated, the arrangement or" the channel terminals upon the switchboard may be such that all of the outgoing connection terminals through which each particular distant station may be reached are in thesame horizontal row. Thus it may be seen that this station may reach station B over chan nels 1 and 2, station over channels 1 and 3 and station D over channels 1 and 1; and that the station may be reached by the other stations collectively over all of the tour channels.

The ditierent branches of each channel are associated in an extended starter wire circuit including conductors 107, 108, 117, 113, 127, 128, etc, and a pair oit' relays, as

and 123, tor each ol' the channel branches. rlhis extended starter wire circuit, in connection with certain associated common relays, operates to prevent the extension ot'the channel conductors to more than one of the channel branches at a time. 1t it is desired that a channel shall have additional branches extending to connection terminals located on other switchboard's ot the toll station, such branches may be organized in the same manner as those shown inthe drawing, and the starter wire circuit may be extended to include the additional branches so that only one branch at a time may be connected with the main channel circuit.

rlhe toll operator may he provided with the usual equipment or" connecting cord circuits suci as the one shown in Fig. 1; and these connecting cord circ-nits may be used, for effecting interconnection between ythe carrier chainiel terminals and subscribers lines, such as the one illustrated extending to substation 1, or with other toll lines, as may be desired.

Specifically, the organization and operation ofV that part of the system which acts to generate, modulate, transmit, receive and deinodulate the high frequency carrier cui rents employed in the system is as follows: The frequency of the carrier waves selectively utilized by the communicating channels is determined, in the present embodiment ot the invention, by a base or control frequency generated vby a thermionic or vacuum tube oscillator 0131-1 located at one ot the tollstations or at some other point upon the toll line. This oscillator may-be of any Vsuitable type but is shown as the well known laudion type with a feed-back connection'from its output to its input circuit. The

.frequency of the oscillatory current protude of the oscillations supplied is .siich'as te oif'erload the therniionic tube HPH; that is, to supply an input Wave of greater am- -plitude than the tube can repeat Without distortion. The repeated oscillations in the output circuit of the tube HPI-I are therefore of non-sfnusoidal wave form, which is the equivalent of a base frequency current of sinusoidal form and a series of currents `of frequencies which are multiples or harmonics of the base frequency. The plate current supply of the overloaded tube or iarmonic producer HPH is through a circuit comprising a resistance 82 and an inductance 83 which constitutes an impedance of the order of magnitude of t-he impedance between the plate and filament of the tube or of greater magnitude. This impedance relationship assists in producing distortion and in stabilizing' the output crcuit. The output circuit of the harmonic producer HPH is connected with the distributing circuit 47, 4S, by means of a transformer Sel. and the distributing circu't is thus supplied with both the base and the harmonic frequency oscillations. From the distributing circuit 47, 48, the base and harmonic frequencies are selected by means of tuned circuits leading to thet ansniitting branches of the various communicating channels and the transmitting branch of the base frequency channel. The inductance of the transformer 85 of the base frequency transmitting branch and the capacities of the tired and variable condensers associated with it are so adjusted that only the base frequency oscillations are selected. Similarly the constants of the transformers and condensers of the other timed circuits leading from the distributing circuit are so adjusted that each of these tuned circuits selects a. different one of the harmonics of the base frequency. The harmonie frequencies'selected by the transmitting branches of the communicating channels C-l, @-2, @-3 andC-t may be ten thousand, fifteen thousand, twenty thousand, and twenty-tive thousand cycles, respectively.

VThe base frequency oscillation selected from the distributing circuit by the tuned circuit vincluding the transformer 85 passes through a potentiometer S6, from which it' is supplied at the desired potential t the input circuit of the amplifier HA.. The output circuit of the amplifier Hit is inductirely coupled with the terminals of a band filter HF through which the amplified base frequencyY oscillation passes to the transmittingY path T. The band filter HF is of the Well-known type described in Patent No. 1,227,113 to Campbell, patented May 22, 1917. The characteristics of this filter', which consists of recurrent similar sections having serfcs and shuntcapacities and inductances, is .suoli that it transmits oscillations of the base frequency with little attelluation, and effectively diverts from this branch currents of frequencies differing more than a slight amount from the fiequency for which it is adjusted.

.its has been stated, the base frequency oscillator is provided at but one station or point on the toll line. it the other toll stations or points the base or controlling frequency thus supplied to the line passes through the tiro-Way repeating coil 80 of the station into the receiving path R. The receiving branch lili@ of thebase frequency channel is provided with a transformer 8T uith associated capacities and inductances to constitute a timed circuit that acts to divert the base frequencyY oscillation from the receiving path to the amplifier HB1-inl by way of the potentiometer 88. While permitting the il'i'ec pas-1a gc of the other carrier frequencies through the receiving path to their respective chanues. The base frequency thus selected is amplified by the amplifier HRA- i. and the amplifier oscillations are impressed upon the input circuit of the therniionic tube HRP. The magnitude of the oscillations is such as to overload this tube, with the result thatas in the case of the tube Hlll associated with the base frequency oscillator OPH, the repeated oscillations are distorted into a series of currents the frequencies of which are the harmonics ofthe base frequency current, the time HRP thus acting a harmonic regenerator. The base frequency and its harmonics are then amplified by the amplifier HRA-2 and are in'ipressed upon the distributing circuit a7, 4S through the transformer 89. From the distributing circuit the harmonic frequencies of the base or controlling oscillation are selectively supplied to the transmitting branches of the channels C-l, (3.52, @-3 and C--lby way of the tuned circuits previouslv referred to. Thus at the toll station irhere the base frequency oscillator (limi and the harmonic producer HPI-I are located the communirating channel carrier frequencies are supplied directly, while at the other stations they are supplied by a harmonic regenerator HRP controlled by the base frequency oscillations received over the toll line. (lonsequentljT the corresponding carrier frequency oscillations are identical in frequency at all of the stations of the toll line. i

The organization illustrated and described for producing a plurality of harmonic carrier frequencies from a base frequency by distorting that frequency, and for insuring identical frequencies of the carrier oscillations employed at each of the various toll stations by controlling the carrier frequencies at all points from a single base frequency is substantially in accordance with the organization disclosed in ther British Patent 131,426. The method and organization described above for synchronizing corresponding carrier Waves at all stations is the preferred way of securing this result for use in connection with the present embodiment of the invention. But it Will be understood that other Ways of securing substantially identical frequencies of the carrier Waves at the different points at which they are applied may be used.

At each of the communicating` channels @-1, C-2, C-3 and @-4 the particular carrier frequency diverted from the dis tributing circuit 47, 48 by means of the corresponding` tuned circuit is applied to the terminals of a potentiometer 90 from which the` carrier oscillations at the desired potential are applied to the input circuit of an amplier HAC- 1. The output circuit of the amplifier is connected by Way of the potentiometer 91 with the input circuit of a modulator MC-1. The input circuit of the Vmodulator MC-1 also has connection by Way of the inductive coupling 92 and contactsrof relay 164 alternatively with the potentiometer 158 and the potentiometer 162.` The potentiometer 158 is connected by Way vof conductors 114 and 115 with the series Winding of the low frequency hybrid coil 161 that links the lcarrier channed With the low frequency or talking circuit. The

talkingA conductors 103 and'104 extending 'Wayof the conductors 108 and 104 are consequently repeated and impressed at the proper potential upon the input circuit of the modulator MC--l and are there combined with the carrier frequency derived from the distributing circuit 47, 48 to cause correspondingly modulated carrier current to flow in the output circuit of the modu lator. A modulator of this general type is output into its input circuit. The frequency of the oscillatory current produced is regulated by a plurality of timing branches each of which includes a condenser 30,V 32, 38 and 34, respectively, and each ofwhich also includes thevnormally open contacts of relays 20, 22, 23 and 24, respectively. The electrical characteristics of these various tuning branches are such that each branch when it is closed causes the oscillator SO to deliver an oscillatory current differing in `frequency from the frequency of the current produced when any of the other branches is closed, these frequencies preferably being assigned such values as to be relatively low and within the voice frequency range. rillhe arrangement is such that when the relay 20 is operated to close the tuning branch including condenser() it opens the energizing circuits of the other associated relays 22, 23 and 24 so that any ofthe latter relays which may have been operated to close its associated tuning branch is deenergized to cause the opening of that branch. rlfwo of the relays, namely, and 24, also are arranged so as to control one or Aboth of the artificial line sections included in the tansmitting and receiving branches of the channel Witlrwhich this group of apparatus is at the time associated, as Will subsequently be described.- The plate and filament current for the energization of the oscillator S() and associated amplifier SA is controlled by means of the relay 21. The amplier SA. has its input circuit connected with the output circuit'of the oscillator SO, and the output circuit of the amplifier SA is connected by means of an inductive coupling with the common `supply leads or concuctors 66, 67. Thus the carrier Wave of the channel is modulated by the low frequency voice currents by Way of potentiometer 1:38 when Lrelay 164 is inert, and is modulated by Way of potentiometer 162 by Whichever of the low frequency station selecting oscillatory currents is being supplied to the common supply leads 66, 67 when relay l164 is energized.

The output circuit of the n'iodulator MC-1 of the communicating channel transmitting branch is connected by Way of the 4transniitting branch.

inductive coupling Sli with tivo sections of artificial line, one of which is controlled by the relay 137V and the other by the relay 13S. The series windings of each section are normally short-circuited by resting` contacts of t-he relays 137 and 138 and the shunt windings, each of which is bridged across the circuit between mid-peints of the series windings, are normally opened at front contacts of the relays 137 and 138. Consequently in the deenergized condition of relays 137 and 13S the artificial line sections are excluded from the circuits of the rl`he second of the two artificial line .sections is connected with a band lilter MFC-1 of the type disclosed in the Campbell patent previously referred to. One characteristic. aniong others` of this` particular forni of the Campbell baud filter is that' it suppresses any currents cf the frequency of the voice currents in the tall;- ing conductors of the channel which might be repeated as lovr frequency currents by the n'iodulator. Also the band filter MFC-1 of each of the channels serves to transmit currents of a different restricted range of lfrequencies including the carrier frequency of that channel and frequencies extending up and down from the carrier frequency by an amount depending upon the highest frequency current that it is desired to transmit from the lou* frequency or talking circuit.

rllheband filters MFC-1 of the four comc niunicating channels andthe band filter HF of the base 'frequency channel BC are all arranged with their terminal impedaices in series in the transmitting path 413, fla; and the constants of these various filters are so adjusted that each filter passes freely to the transmitting path the carrier and modulation frequencies. from its ovvn channel While at the same time preventing the frequencies supplied through the filters of the other channels from being divert-ed into its channel. The band filters DFCMjl of the receivingl branches of the various communicating" channels @-1, C 2, C- and C-t and the tuned circuit of the receiving branch RBC ofthe base frequency channel BC are similarly included in the receiving pat-h R extending from the high frequei y hybrid ooil SO; and the constants of these .tiltcrs and of the timed circuit are so adjusted that `each diverte from the receiving path E into j freely through its termination circuit the frequencies which the other channels um adiusted to divert. f

The receiving branch of each of the coinniunicating channels is provided ivith a` band lilter DFC-1 adjusted, as stated above, to

Vdivert into the channel the characteristic frequency band of that channel. After passing through the band filter, the diverted oscillatory current passes through conductors controlled at bach contacts of tivo relays las? and 148. ed when operated to include in the receiving branch an associated section of artificial line, the arrangement and control of these artificial line sections being the same as that previously referred to in the description of the artiicial line sections included in the transmitting branch of the circuit. rlhe oscillatory current diverted through the band filter DFC-1 is then carried through a potentiometer U5 and applied at the proper potential to the primary side of a` shielded transformer 9175, the secondary side of which included in the input circuit of thc detector DC--1. The C potcntal for the grid of this detector tube .is derived from the filament battery by includingl a resistance 9T in the filament current supply circuit beyond the point where thc input coil of the detector is connected with the filament circuit. The output circuit of the detector llC-l is connected to the input circuit of the amplifier AC--1 through the medium of a transformer 98 which is designed to transmit etliciently the frequencies Within the voice frequency range obtained from the demodulation of the modulated carrier ware, as ivell as the unn'iodulated carrier component. The' output circuit of the amplifier AC-1 is connected to the lovv pass lil'er LPCHL designed to pass thc voice and station selecting frequencies and eX- cludc the carrier frequencies, by vv-ay of a transformer 90. rthe other terminals of the low pass filter are connected to the armatures of a. relay 11o which in operating con nects the lovv pass filter by way of conductors 116 and 117 with thc bridge terininals of the loiv frequency hybrid coil 161. it this point the voice currents are divided between the talking conductors 108 and 10i and the balancing net-Work N in such a Way as to have their ett'ects as nearly as possible neutralized in the Winding of the hybrid coil that is connected with the outgoing transmission branch of the channel.

lllhen the relay 1113 is inert the loul pass filter LPC-1 is connected through tvvo tuned circuits SC-1 and CC1 with the rectifying tubes SRC-1 and @RCL-1, respectively. The output circuits of these rectifying tubes are connected with the windings of relays 17S and 179. respectively. The tivo tuned circuits and their associated devices are adapted to be responsive to certain of the modulating frequencies nnpressed upon the carrier Wave by the station selecting oscillators ffl() (Fig. 5) located at thc other stations of the system. The tuned circuit @CM1 and the asssociated rectitier tube CRC-l and relay 179 respond to llach of these relays is adaptthe modulatingl frequency produced by the oscillator SO at any of the distant stations when its tuning branch including the condenser 30 is closed. rEhe tuned circuit SC-l With` the associated rectifier tube SRC-1 and relay 178 respond to the frequency produced by the oscillator at any of the distant stations when the particular one of the other tuning branches of the oscillator is closed that corresponds to this station. The constants of the timing branches includingl the condcnsers 32, 33 and at each of the stations are so selec"ed that the closure of each one of the branches causes the associated oscillator f() to produce the frequency to which the tuned cir cuit SC-1 at a particular corresponding one of the distant stations is responsive, and to which the tuned circuits SiC-l of all the other stations are unresponsive. rilhus, for example, the tuned circuit SC-l of station A may be adjusted to be responsive to a frequency of 300 cycles, that of station B to a frequency of 500 cycles, that of station C to a frequency of 700 cycles and that of station D to a frequency of liOO cycles. rllhe tuned circuits CCF of all the stations may be adjusted to be responsive to the same frequency, which may, for example, be assumed to be 130() cycles. As there is at no time any occasion for the oscillatorI SG of any of the stations to generate the frequency to which the tuned circuit SC-1 of that particular station is responsive, the timing branch of the oscillator S0 of cach station for producing the selecting frequency of the home station may be omitted.

The output circuit of the amplifier AC-l of the receiving branch of the channel also has a branch path through a high pass filter HPC-1 which passes only high frequency currents of the order of the carrier wave frequency and prevents the passage of the demodulated voice and selecting frequency components. The other terminals high pass filter HPC-l are connected With the primary side of a transformer 79, the secondary side of Which is connected in the input circuit of the rectifier tube Hllfl-l. The output of the rectifier contains relay '.19 so adjusted as to respond and Vhold its contacts closed as long as the associated communicating channel is receiving the carrier frequency components which it is adapted to divert from the receiving path l The arrangement is such that the filament and plate energizing currents are constantly supplied to the apparatus of the receiving branch of the channel, so that all of the channels at all'of vthe stations are normally in a responsive condition. The filament and plate currents for the energization of the transmitting branch of each channel. are under the control of a relay 165, and are of the.

applied to the transmitting branch apparatus only when the relay 165 is energized.

In outline the operation of the system is as follows: Let it be assumed that the operator at station A desires to establish connection between one of the llocal lines terminating at station ill and one of the local lines tern'iinating at station B. lhe first notes the condition of busyness or idleness of the channels available for connecting with station ll nated or unilluminated condition of the busy lamps associated with the spring jacks in the row or group allotted for station B ccnnections, and inserts the calling plug of an available pair of connecting cords into a channel spring jack the associated lamp of which is dark. In case a channel busy and the lamp should fail to indicate its busy condition, a busy test click is given in the operators telephone receiver as the tip of the glug touches the test thimble of the spring ack; and When the plug is fully inserted in the spring acl; a busy tone is heard in the operators telephone receiver and the connection is not'extended to the channel conductors. l3nt if the channel is in fact idle and available, the insertion of the connecting circuit plug appropriates the cha nel for the exclusive use of the branch leading to the spring` jack in which the plug is inserted, lights the busy lamps at the calling station associated with the other outgoing branch terminal spring jacks of this channel, and applies the busy test and busy tone indications to these other spring jacks of the channel. At the same time the insertion of the connecting plug at the calling station applies the appropriate carrier Wave to this channel. Y The application of the carrier wave causes the lighting of the busy lamps and the application of the busy test and busy tone indications to the outgoing branch terminal spring jacks associated With this channel at all of the distant stations on the line. At the same time the insertion of the connecting plug` in the spring jack at the calling` station brings about the temporary association With the selected channel of station selecting apparatus at the ,calling station, Whichapparatus is common to all of the channels of this toll line, and may also vbe common to all of the channels of all of the other carrier toll lines entering lthis particular station. rllhe common station selecting apparatus is associated with the channel over which the call is being made in such a Way that for the time being it is unavailable for association with any other channel of this or any other line.

lle soon as the common station selecting.

apparatus is appropriated and connected with the channel over which the call is being extended, 1t automatically operates, first, to

AJ, as indicated by the illumii Veo .kinodulate `the carrier ware of the channel with a particularlow frequency `that effects the respfwe ot' `selective apparatus at the particular `station tlat is bring' called. and

5 at that station only. This "frequency is de termin-ct by the 'particular cntn'oing spring jacket the channel into which the connect- 'p'lug 1is inserted. li" 'the connecting' plugY lhadbeen insert-etlin'to .the springv jack of this saine'..channelassigned lor use in calling an;Y other o' the 'distant' stations. a different 1nodu'lating'i'retpiency would hare been applied by the station selecting apparatus at the calliine` station.

fitter a predetermined interval, connnon timing' `apparatus associated with the station selectingl apparatus causes the i'irst or station selecting inotlulatinga ltrequency to be Withdrawn and a ydifferent modulating tre- ,quency to be applied to the carrier Wave for another short interval, to Which latter treqnency apparatus at allot the dist-ant sta* tions is responsivei Theellect ott the applica'tion ot this second modulating' *frequency 'istofinale the station selective apparatus oi this channelat alletations unresponsive during the lba'lance ot thetiine the channel is in use. and to bringr the channel into operatiaiefrelation with the answering springy ack ot'fthe channel and light the associated lanip atthe called station.

rWhen fthe operator at the called station inserts a connecting circuit plug' in the answering spring` aefk in yresponse to the lighted rcalling lamp, the Vcorrespending carw ri'er Wave is applied to `the channel at the called station; and in response to this application of ithe carrier `Wave at they called station, apparatus `fat the callingl station is Venergized to light a lamp in the callingT operaters connectingcircuit. thus indicating that Athe CalledstaltOn `operator has answered the call.V The :operators then coininunieate with -each other and complete the spective stations.

During the continuance of lthe connection either operator may lsignal the other by pressing y'the appropriate ringing key in her connec'tingA cord-circuit- This has the ettect fof withdrawing the carrier wave transmilt-ted trein `that lend of the connection, and Y this Withdrawal fof the `carrier Wave causes the application oi ringingcurrent to the talking conductors at the other end of the connection. It does not, however, disturb the busy test and guarding indications associated with `the channel terminals atthe other stations of the lline, as these indications are Withdrawn only Vby the Withdrawal o't the carrier vat both off 'the connected stations. 'Vhen thegope'rator at either the call- Ving 'oifcaliled station disconnects by removing the cord circuit plug ltrom the associated spring jack, the consequent Withdrawal ot' connections lwith the local lines at their re the carrier wave at that end signals the op erator at the other end ol the connect-ion and when Vthe other `operator removes her connectingY circuit plunfrom `the correspondinga channel spring jack, the busy test indications at -all et the channel terminales at all of the stations are removed and the channel apparatus at all points is restored to normal. l rhe operation otf the system will now be inscribed in. detail. lllhen one o'l Athe local subscribers. as 'the subscriber at station l, Wishes to -coniniunicate with a subscriber at another one o? the toll stations associated with the carrier toll line, he takes his telephone receive r troni its hook, thus operating the associated 'line relay 2 and lighting' the ca ling lainp Pl associated with the answering` spring jack rthe operator responds to the lighting; ol the lainp by inserting plug @l o't onev et the pairs ot connecting cords with which she is provided into spring` jack thus opeifatiin "tlxe cui-off relay (5 and releasing line rela f2 to extinguish calling lamp il in' the n1-nal way, The operator then coinnufinirates with the calling subscriber by tlirowing.r lier listeningl key `T,` thus bringing her telephone set 5% `into connection with the talking strands ot the cord circuit. Upon larning Vt'roni the calling` subscriber that he desir s a connection that niust he .completed over the carrier toll line to a particular one oi the distant stations associated with the line. the operator observes the condition ot inist '2r iflleness ot the channels which arearailable tor connnunication with the Wanted station, as indicated by the illuminated or `unillnininatetl condition of the busy lamps afsnciated with the channel spring Qiatlt Vterminaba that are prorirled tor coinpletinif roinieetiozi with the particular station that is being;l called. li' the call is Vlor sta'tioi'r l@ the operator inay coniplete the coi'ineclion either by `way ot spring' iaclt lil) olf' channel l erf-aprilia' jack M0 ol channel Q, providing; the busy lamps lll and 2st-l. associatedn'irh either or both ot these spring' jaclts is unilluminated. lt' the `call is tor station C, the operator may complete the connection by way ot spring jack 13() associated with channel l or by Way ot' spring` jack associated with chan nel 1, depending upon the availability of one or the other ot the channels as indicated lirtfhe associated busy lamps 131 and 331; a'ii'd it the call is tor station D the connec tiion may `be Acompleted by Way o't spring liack lQOfassociated with channel 1 or spring jack 4:20 associated with channel 4, depend ingr upon the indication of the corresponding busy lamps.

liet it be assumed that the call is for station B `and that busy lamp 14:1 is dark 1ndica-ting that `channel l is available for u se. Under these :circumstances the operator 1nserts plug 9 of the pair ot connecting cords lll) lil)

into spring jack 140, and a circuit is thereupon completed that 'entends from battery through the Winding of calling supervisory relay 14, registering sleeve contacts of plug S) and spring jack 140, conductor 189, right hand arn'iature and back Contact of relay 145, le'lt hand arn'lature'and backcontact Vright hand back contact and armature ot relay 151, left hand back contact and armature olil relay 155, and restingV contact and vswitch spring` et relay 156 to ground. The closure of this circuit Yenergizes relay 143, and this relay in! operating closes a circuit that extendsrtrom battery through the lett hand Winding and left hand lront contact and armature oi: relay 143, conductor 127, lett hand back contact and armature ot' relay conductor 117, left hand back contact and armature of relay 123, conductor 107, Winding of relay 151` lett hand back contact and armature o't relay 155 and resting contact and switch spring 'of relay v156 to ground. As a result ot' the closure ot the above circuit. relay 143 is locked up by Way ot its lett hand Winding and. relay 151 is operated. Relay 151 in operating breaks at its outer right hand back contact the connection ot' conductor 108 with ground, so that thereafter, and until relay 151 is released, none of the relays 122, 132. etc., is etilective to cause the energization of its associated relay 123, 133,7etc. The relay 143,

' however, as above stated, is maintained energized by Way of its left hand locking Winding. i y ,Xllhen relay 151 operates following the operation oit relay 143 a circuit is closed that extends trom battery through the Winding ot'relay 144, conductor 101, outer right hand troutContact and armature ot' relay 151, lett hand back contact and armature of relay 155 and resting contact vand switch spring of relay 56 to ground. Relay 144 in operating as a result ot'the closure ot this circuit connects the branch talking eenductorsr 187 and 188 ot spring' jack 140 in to which the" plug has been inserted to the main channel talking conductors 103 and 104; and at the same time a circuit is completed that extends from battery through the lWinding of cord circuit relay 14,V registering sleeve contacts of plug 9 and spring jack 140, right hand Aarmature and back c-oi'itact of. relay 145, lett hand armature and 'trout Contact of relay 144, conductor 105 and Winding of relay 150to ground. The

135, etcl, ot the other outgoing brarches of this channel. T he energizing circuits ot the relays 125 and l135 extendA in parallel branches Vfrom battery by way of the outer right hand back contacts and armatures ot the associatedrrelays 123 and 133, respectively, to the conductor 101, and thence to contact and armature et relay 151, lett hand back contact andA armature of relay 155 and resting contactl and switch spring of relay 150. Each of the relays 125 and 135 in operating connects the two talkingicon-V` ductors 193` 194 and 190, 191 of its respective channel branch to the common conductors 10 and 11 which are connected with one Winding of a transformer `12, the other Winding otivhicli is connected with the terM ininals otl a source o't busy tone current 13. ns a result a busy tone is applied to the talk-ing conductors ot allv of the outgoing springl ack branches ot the channel excepting the particular branch Which has been approlrniated Ytor use by the insertion ot the connecting circuit plug` 9, Consequently any attempt on the Vpart et' an operator to make connection With a branch terminal otra channel that, is in use is met by a busy tone indication ot' the unavailability of the channel. y f j Each ot the relays 125 and 135ot`the busy channel .in operatingalso at its outer armature connects the sleeve 'conductor Vof the Aassociated channel branch-to battery by Way of a resistance, 120 and 136, respec-` tively, at the same time disconnecting the sleeye conductor from its normal extension to ground by Way of the Winding ot the asvsoeiated relay 122 and 132, respectively. As

ground by Way of the outer right hand trent a result, the channel branches that have not Y been taken for use are rendered ineffective to control their relays 122 and 132, respectively` and at the same time a busy test potential is napplied to the sleeves or thimbles of the associated spring jacks and 130, so that any operator in attempting te make connection With these channel branch terminals receives a busy test indication through the tip ot the plug, the right hand `ari'nature and back contact ofl relay 14, and

the special-induction coil shown associated with the receiver et the operatoi"s set.

The manner in which relay (Fig. 3) is operated as a result of the extension ot the clannel conductors to the particular branch spring jack into which the connecting plug is inserted has been described.

i o Ato `groifind.

77 all .ion .relay 1.5() operates it closes a circuit it` eaten ds vtrom lhafttery Vthrough the ivmd- *ing ot relay 156 and inner right hand front ,contact and armatnreot relay lllto ground.

lay 155 in operating closes a locking cirtftor itself bt "ar ot' its right hand l'ront Contact Iand arniaitnre and the outer leltV hand liront lcoifitact and armature ol' relay 151 'to ground. Relay 156 in operatinl breaks at its lctt hand switch spring and resting.contact the path 4to ground over which :the initial energizing; circuits 'lor the relays 151, 1&3, 125, and 111thave been completed@ but betere this fpath toground is interrupted .at .the contacts 4of relay 156 :niother path is completed to ground by nay ol the .outer ilet't hand front cont-act and armature oit relay 150, so that the above mentioned relays are maintained `operated under the .control ot the maintained energi- Zation of relay 150.

VRelay 156 in operating .also closes a circuit that entends from battery through the winding .of relay y152 23,) and the lett hand :a'rinaitnre aindsiritch spring ot :relay Relay iin operating "ses 1a circuit .that entends di'roni battery in -ijnf-.rarllcl through the limsy or lgiurrd lamps 121, 13.1, and stlassociated :with outgoingl spring' :jacks 120, 1350 and 140 tot' the channel that .haslbeen taken for use and -thence :by Way ot' conductor 1100 4and 'front iconttaet and :arn lture Iof relay 152 to Iground. Thus in at. tion 'to the busy test fand busy tone V'uardimg' indications applied to the connection terminals oit the channel Vtaken for use ythere islthe indication yatlorded by the lightotthe relays 12%, ltete., only one ot which relays at a tiiinecan operate toextend its associated:branch to the anain channel by 4virtue et the :serial energizing circuit relation subsisting 'between the relays 142, 14:3, 152, 138, 122, 123 and the common `relay 1:31, as hereinbetore described.

.llilhen relay 150 operates upon the :extensionwot the main channel to the particular lna-nch tahenftor use, it closes Va circuit that extends from battery through rthe Winding;l ot relay ,160., back VContact and :armature ot' relay 159 and louter right hand liront contact and armature of relay 150 to ground. lelag.Y 160 in operating closes a `circuit that extends from battery through `the winding oft relay 165 (Fig. 4), conducto' `182, and 'front contact and armature of `relay 160 to vground. Relay 165 :thereupon Aolzierates to connect the plate and lalnen-t batteries with the modulator MC`-1 and amplifier .lllrt-l ol the transmitting branch ot the channel. The eleciof this-is to cause the application o'i the 'particular carrier Alrequencj-J o'l' this channel to the toll line. Practically simultaneously with the, applica- 'ion olthe carrier frequency to the line the station ,selectina` oscillator' Si() (Fig. i) operates :to modulate the carrier with the. particular lon'er 'frequency required to briugf about the selection ot the distant station that is beingl called. l3nt before describing e ot the operation the ell'ecl at the nt stat-ions oi the application ot the crier frequency will be described.

`On account olf the balanced relation which in the higrh frequency hybrid coil SO between the lfm-:leucine l and the v network external circuits connected with the coil. the carrier frequency applied by Way ot the transmittinel conductors T and :the Vbridge winding ot the hybrid coil is not carried through into the receiving conduct-ors R oil the station where the `carrier yis applied. But at Aall rot the other stations of the toll iline the carrier :frequency is carried through .the fhyhrid coil Si) to the main receiving; cenuluctors l `and diverted by way ot' the band litter DFC-1 into `the receiving' branch oil the corius}' ondiing high frequency channel. rhs previously described.. the rei ceiviine hir-anch ol Acach channel is so arranged :as to convey the high #frequency carrier were compenicnts to the rectifier tube llfllZC-w'l., thc output circuit ol" which includes the relay 1f). i@cuscinicntly the instant the carrier tre ,u;ieney of channel C-l "is applied alt `thc calling; station, the relay .119) at cach ot' `the iotllelstations is operated. Yillien relay 10 operates it closes a circuit that extei-idstrom `battery through the winding; `ot relay 155 (Fig. 3), `conductor 186, and :iront contact and iaruuiture `ot relay 19 to reroniul. Relay 1 in operating closes a circuit :that extends oni ibattery through the Winding ot relay 152, le'l't hand trent ceutact and armature ot relay 155, and resting' contact and switch spring orI 'relay 1536 to f rround. As a .result at all ot the distant `stations the relay 152 ot the particular channel that has been taken tor use operates and applies ground to conductor loll) to cause the lightingl of all ot the busy or `guard lamps, as 121, 1F31, 14.1, associated with Athe spring' jacks of the outgoing` branches `ort this channel. The operation oic the lett hand armature ot relay 155 also lire-.dis at the restingl :contact ot' the associated switch springthe normal connection to ground over which the initial encrgrization ol the branch controllingl relays 123, 124. 3f-l, '1311, MS, lill and the lassociated common rela-y 151 is effected.' Furthermore, relay 155 in :operating closes a circuit that extends 'from ibattery in parallel lnanches th-.rouglfi the windings `of :the relays 125, 135

and 145 associated With the various channelA branches, the outer' right hand back contacts and armatures of the associated relays 123, 133 and 143, and by Way of conductor 101, outer left hand front contact and armature of relay 155, and outer left hand back contact and armature of relay 151 to ground. As a result, relays 125, 135 and 145 all opcrate and bring about the application of the busy tone from busytone generator 13 toV station.

Returning now to the operations which Y take place at the calling station, when the relay 143 (Fig.'2) Vof. the selected'channel branch operates it closes a circuit that eX- Atendsfrom battery through the Winding kof relay 175 (Fig. 3), winding of relay 174, conductor 149, inner right hand front contact and armature of relay 143, conductor 102 and left hand back contact and armature of relay 163 to ground. The eect of the closure of this circuit is to operate relays- 175 and 174. If it had been the relay 133 of the channel branch extending to spring jack 130 that had operated, relays 173 and 175 would have been operated by Way of vconductor 139, and if'it had been relay123 associated With the channel branch to spring jack 120.that had operated, relays 172 and 175 would have been operated bv Way of conductor 129. As it is stationv assumed to have'been called by the insertion of the connecting circuit plug into Vthe spring jack 140,'it is relays 17 4 and 175 that are operated. Relay 175 in operating closes a circuit that vextends from battery through the left hand Winding of relay 176, right hand front contact and armature of relay 175, conductor 60, righthanol back contact and armature of relay of the common timing group, and baclr contact and armature Vof relayv to ground.V The resultant operation of relay 176 closesv a circuit that extends from battery through right Winding and right hand front. contact and armature of relay 17 6, conductor 62, Winding of relay 50 and back contact and armature of relay to ground. As a result relay 176 is locked up and relay 50 of the common timing group is operated. VRelay 50 in operating breaks the common initial energizing circuit by Way ot conductor for the entire series of relays 176 of thevarious'channels that are served by thel common timing group of apparatus;

that is and at the same time relay 17 6 in operating vinterrupts the normal extension of conductors 61 and 62 by `way of back contacts of relay 17 6 to other similar relays of the successive channels Vserved by the common'4 apparatus. rThus it is impossible to bring about the operation of the relay 17 6 of more than a single channel at the same time. y The extended starting circuit represented by the conductors 61 and 62 extends serially not only through the four channels C-1, @-2, C-3 and C-4 of the particular carrier multipleX toll line illustrated, but may also eX- tend through the corresponding channel apof relay 164 (Fig. 4), conductor 180, andv innermost frontV contact and armature of relay 177 to ground. Relay 164 in operating connects one Winding of the inductive coupling 92 in the input circuit of modulator' yMlCMl withk potentiometer 162 which is connected by conductors 166 and 167 with the common supply leads or conductors 66 and 67 extending from the station selecting oscillator SO and its associated group of apparatus. At the same time relay 1647in operating completes operative connection bey tween the relays 137, 138, 147 land 148that control the artificial line sections in the transmitting and receiving branchesof channel @-1, conductors 168 and 169, and

vthe common conductors 68 and 69 extending to contacts of relays 23 and 24 in the group of apparatus associated With the oscillator SO. Consequently the operation of relay 164 as a result ofthe energization ofrelay 177 places channel C-1 under lthe control of the common station selecting oscillator SO and its associated apparatus.

VRelay 177 in operating also, by the closure of its other three front contacts, placesthe common conductors 72,73 and 7 4 under the control-of contacts of relays 172, 17 3 and174 of channel C-l. Of these three relays relay 174 alone is at this time energized, as has been described, relays 172`and 173 being inert. Consequently the operation of relay 17 7 closes a circuit that extends from battery through the Winding'of relay 21 ofthe station selecting group of. apparatus (Fig. 5), left-hand armature and back eontactof relay 20,winding of relay 24, conductor 74, secondarmature and front contact of relay 177'and front contact and armature of relay 1744 to ground. Relay 21 in operating con- 

